Hello Tennessee and Bristol Area Birders, Yesterday (6/25/06) a group from the Southern Appalachian Highland Conservancy(SAHC) were walking with Ed Schell around the Gardens Loop Rd on top of Roan MT when a Yellow-rumped Warbler started singing. The group consisted of Nora Schubert, Allan Trently, Ed Schell, Anne-Marie Schell, a member of SAHC I can't remember, and myself. We had good looks at the Yellow-rumped Warbler. We were at the parking area, past the midway point on the Loop Rd. On the one way Loop Rd it was on the right side (same side as the parking area). While we were looking at the bird, it flew across the road and another bird quickly followed behind it. It looked the same size and the flight pattern was similar. That was all the look we had at the second bird, but it looked probable for a second Yellow-rumped Warbler. Allan got a GPS reading where the bird was found. N 82 05' 46.26" W 82 08' 22.56" (in decimal degrees it is N 36.0961 W 82.1396. The elevation read ~6099 feet. We were unsure where the state line crossed the mountain. We *think* we were in Mitchell County, NC when we first saw the bird and it flew in the direction of Carter County, TN. Other birds identified on this hike: (Cloudland Trail - mainly Mitchell County, NC) Veery Golden-crowned Kinglet possible Hermit Thrush (but only heard it once and couldn't make a positive ID) Dark-eyed Junco Chestnut-sided Warbler Also of note, we had many national and state endangered or state concerned plants identified. Spreading Avens Roan MT Bluets Graze Lily Frasier Fir (it's on the list) Mini bush (state concerned - I believe on both Tennessee and North Carolina lists) Again, the plants/trees were mainly in Mitchell County, North Carolina (at the very top of Roan). There was a Graze Lily found blooming just below Carver's Gap off the main road in Tennessee (Carter County). After we left Roan Mountain, Allan and I traveled to Little Wilbur area where we found Buckleya (Pirate Bush / Sapsuck) which is on the Tennessee special concern list. It was found behind the Old Horseshoe Freewill Baptist Church near the Hemlock trees which it has a symbiotic relationship with. The GPS coords are: N 36 20' 20.46" W 82 07' 08.58" (Decimal degrees: N 36.3390 W 82.1190) Rob Biller Elizabethton, TN ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 Be sure and visit the Bristol Bird Club website at: http://bristolbirdclub.org This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****